In 2013, I wrote about my experience working and living at a residential recording studio called Saint Claire Recording Company in Lexington, Kentucky. Saint Claire was a dream recording studio in every imaginable way.
The studio itself was technically astounding. The residential facilities were charming, cozy, and unique. I was Read more...
Ableton Live 12 is coming!
The Berlin-based software company’s flagship product, simply known as Live, was the first of its kind to allow users the ability to sort musical ideas in two ways – on a traditional timeline view and as a series of clips that can be launched at Read more...
When the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams came out, an engineer friend of mine told me that he didn’t like the mix.
And wasn’t just that he didn’t “like” it. He told me the mix was “bad”. (And not the Michael Jackson kind of “Bad” either….)
According to him, the Read more...
GRAMMY-Winning mixer Jeff Ellis has worked with the likes of Doja Cat, d4vd, Frank Ocean, The Neighbourhood and many more.
In today’s MixCon Masterclass he’ll talk about his approach to mixing, and especially how to avoid what he calls “Mixer Brain” and the “Mixing Death Spiral”.
Catch the main presentation Read more...
In this mixing masterclass for MixCon 2023, Joel Hamilton of Studio G takes us under the hood of a mix for notable indie folk / al country artist, Sparklehorse.
Learn how he mixes on an analog SSL 4000 G console, surrounded by analog hardware, yet still uses digital plugins as Read more...
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